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Many Americans had previously seen climate change as a "nebulous concept" removed from them in time and geography, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco.

65% of Americans Believe Climate Change is FakeA new study shows 65 percent Americans don't believe in climate change or global warming ... winter last 2012 and other extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Yolanda in the Philippines in 2013 will change American perceptions about ...11/24/2014 - 7:07 pm | View Link

As Climate Change Worsens Many Americans Refuse To Accept RealityMaybe as more Americans are exposed to extreme weather, severe droughts, flooding, and wildfires, the number of Americans acknowledging climate change is real will increase, and according to the NOAA, climate change’s effects are only going to get worse ...07/26/2014 - 3:55 pm | View Link

Over half of Americans link extreme weather to climate change, report says"People are beginning to recognize a pattern of extreme weather across the country and are themselves saying 'Aha, I wonder if climate change has something to do with that,'" Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication ...05/1/2013 - 3:48 am | View Link

Climate change threatens half of all Americans: NOAAAn increase in the intensity of extreme weather ... climate change. Roughly 50 percent of Americans live in waterside communities and are under threat from the coastal effects of climate change, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ...01/30/2013 - 3:43 am | View Link

Over 70 percent of Americans: climate change worsening extreme weatherThe findings mean that a large majority of Americans agree with climatologists who in recent years have found increasingly strong evidence that climate change has both increased and worsened extreme weather events. In the poll the majority of Americans say ...10/10/2012 - 4:36 am | View Link

Fact Sheet: The Connection Between Climate Change and ...What do we know about the connection between climate change and recent extreme weather events, such as the heat waves, drought, and fires? Scientists agree that ...03/2/2015 - 7:18 am | View Website

CLIMATEClimate. Americans’ health, security, and economic well-being are tied to climate and weather. In the last 2 years, the United States experienced 25 ...03/1/2015 - 5:49 pm | View Website

Scientific American Series on Extreme Weather, Climate ...Scientific American published a three-part series authored by award-winning science journalist John Carey and commissioned by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change ...02/21/2015 - 6:27 pm | View Website

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